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| vol·ta [ vṓltə, vóltə ] (plural vol·te [ vṓl tày ]) |
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1. Italian dance: a fast Italian dance of the 16th and 17th centuries
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2. volta music: the music for a volta
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3. one playing of musical passage: a single playing of a passage of music that may then be repeated
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| [Late 16th century. < Italian, "a turn" < volgere "to turn" < Latin volvere "to roll"] |
